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Anime-style video games often have a fetishistic quality to them – especially when they feature girls in school uniforms. But they’re not something you’d necessarily want to be caught playing. So, as Rocketnews 24 reports, the upcoming PlayStation 4 game from Inti Creates, Gal Gun Double Peace, includes a new mode called “mama kita gamen” (“mom just walked in screen”) that keeps the true nature of the game hidden.

“Gal Gun Double Peace.” (Supplied)

It’s kind of reminiscent of the “boss key” found in games back in the 1980s. But while the boss key (often activated by F10 or CTRL+B) turned users’ screen into a MS-DOS prompt or spreadsheet to hide the fact they were playing games at work, the mama kita gamen mode changes a scene of Sailor-Moon-esque teens showing off their panties to what looks like the start screen for an 8-bit role-playing game.

Mama kita gamen mode in “Gal Gun Double Peace.” (Supplied)

A sequel to Gal Gun which apparently has a very similar storyline, you play as a high school student who gets shot by a Cupid-like arrow that makes you God’s gift to women. But if you don’t find your soul mate in one day, the effects of the arrow wears off and you will be alone for the rest of your life.

But with all these women after you, it’s difficult to find your one true love so you have to get rid of them. The game is basically a first-person shooter. But you don’t murder them, instead you shoot pheromones until you satiate their sexual desire and they leave you alone. If you don’t shoot them with pheromones quick enough, you could get hugged, receive a love letter or get stepped on.

To add to the perviness factor, you have the ability to see through walls and girls’ clothes. And there’s a tentacle monster – because, well, it’s Japanese.

“Gal Gun Double Peace.” (Supplied)

While the game is likely not coming out in North America, the game will be available in Japan on Aug. 6. It will also be released on PS Vita (though that version will not include the mama kita gamen mode).

If you are still curious about the game, you can check out a trailer for the game below. Though it’s not subtitled, so unless you can speak Japanese, it likely won’t make much sense.

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